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Dundee City Archive and Record Centre holds the official records of The City of Dundee District Council, the former Corporation of Dundee and the core records of the former Tayside Regional Council.
- Sources for Mediaeval Dundee - an introduction by Carissa Chan, a sixth year pupil at the High School of Dundee, on placement with the archives in October 2009.
- City of Dundee Burgh Court Books, 1520 to 1898
- Burgh Court registers of decrees, 1676 to 1883
- Lawburrows books, 1621 to 1821
- Register of Deeds, 1626 to 1908
- Burgh protocol books, 1518 to 1653
- Council minute books from 1553 to 1996, please choose a PDF from the list below:
- 1553-61 (74KB)
- 1566-67 (57KB)
- 1603-04 (61KB)
- 1644-45 (73KB)
- 1645-56 (66KB)
- 1684-85 (87KB)
- 1685-86 (79KB)
- 1688-89 (80KB)
- 1705-06 (74KB)
- 1714-15 (67KB)
- 1716-17 (179KB)
- 1745-46 (77KB)
- 1746-47 (106KB)
- 1767-68 (69KB)
- 1777-78 (208KB)
- 1778/79 (106KB)
- 1779/80 (26KB)
- 1789-90 (63KB)
- 1790-91 (81KB)
- 1941-42 (282KB)
- 1942-43 (487KB)
- Council account books, 1586 to 1986
- Tayside Regional Council Minutes 1995-1996 (313KB MS Excel doc) - compiled by Rachael Read 2010
- Shipping registers, 1580 to 1713
- Cess books, 1826 to 1896
- School Board / Education Authority / Education Committee minutes: log books and registers of closed schools, c 1864 to 1985
- Dundee Police Board / Police Commissioners Minutes, 1824 to 1894
- Duplicate parliamentary plans of street tramway, water and gas improvements, 1870 to 1966
- Broughty Ferry Police Commissioners / Town Council minutes, 1877 to 1913
- Chief Sanitary Inspector, photographs of slum dwellings in the 1920's.
- Valuation Rolls, 1826 to 1990
The following documents are a small selection from the extensive collection of burgh charters and documents available for inspection in the City Archives:
- Dundee Burgh Laws 1551 - 1694
- Charter by Sir William Wallace, Guardian of Scotland, to Alexander Scrymgeour, Constable of Dundee, 1298
- Confirmation Charter of King Robert I (The Bruce) in 1327
- The process of the Papal Court of 1513
- Register of the Dundee Burgh and Head Court, 29 September 1558
- The Licence by Mary Queen of Scots in 1564
- Burgh Treasurer's accounts 1590
- A drawing in the Protocol Book, 1589 to 1592, of Alexander Wedderburn
- Letter in exile from Charles II to the Town Clerk in 1649
- Order of the Cromwellian General George Monck in 1657
- Declaration of death of William Henry Bury 1889
- Lockit Book
Archive and Record Centre, Support Services
21 City Square, Dundee, DD1 3BY Map
Tel: 01382 434494
Fax: 01382 434666
Email: archives@dundeecity.gov.uk
This information is provided by the Archives Department
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